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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — We gather here today to pay our respects to a fallen regime. The two-team BCS National Championship Game, college football’s annually frustrating, fascinating and infuriating culmination, will soon cease to exist. Any lingering doubts were put to rest Thursday following three days of commissioner meetings here at the Westin Diplomat. Bill Hancock, [...]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University announced Tuesday it has settled a lawsuit with the Big East for an unspecified amount, clearing the way for the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 in July. Athletic Director Oliver Luck said the terms of the deal were confidential and WVU wouldn’t release details. But Luck said [...]
(Memphis AD R.C. Johnson plans to announce his school’s intentions on Wednesday. / AP) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Memphis is the latest school to sign up for a spot in the new Big East. A person familiar with the decision says Memphis is joining the Big East for all sports in 2013.. The person spoke [...]
Big Ten Commissioner James Delany, flanked by several Nebraska coaches speaks at a press conference announcing Nebraska accepting an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference June 11, 2010 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The university will begin integration immediately and start athletic competition as soon as 2011. (June 10, 2010 – Photo by Eric Francis/Getty Images [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The new Big East will span four time zones, 3,000 miles from coast to coast and, eventually, have 12 teams. The beleaguered and ever-changing conference hopes it all adds up to a billion dollar television contract and a spot among the best football leagues in the nation. The Big East introduced [...]
John Marinatto, Big East Conference Commissioner, talks with the media after Texas Christian University accepted an invitation for full membership into The Big East Conference on November 29, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU will leave the Mountain West Conference for The Big East in July 2012. (November 28, 2010 – Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — West Virginia is headed to the Big 12 … again. Three days after reports that the conference would invite the Big East school, the Big 12 followed through and made the addition official Friday. “The Big 12 is a perfect fit for West Virginia University,” West Virginia president Dr. James [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — With the future of the Big East in doubt, Connecticut women’s basketball coach Gene Auriemma has lashed out at Notre Dame and its insistence on playing as a football independent. Auriemma’s comments came Thursday at the conference’s media day for women’s basketball when UConn was not picked No. 1 in [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Big East leaders still aren’t sure which schools to invite to their troubled conference. University presidents and chancellors, along with athletic directors, held a conference call Friday with Big East Commissioner John Marinatto to discuss expansion and the expected loss of TCU. But those talks didn’t lead to any decisions. Two [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidents and chancellors of the 14 remaining Big East members and TCU have authorized Commissioner John Marinatto to “aggressively pursue discussions” with certain schools interested in joining the league. The league released a statement after the meeting Sunday at Georgetown University. The meeting had been scheduled before Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced [...]
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